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invicta280 · Post by **invicta280** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:40 pm

Nicely proportioned loco. It must be very satisfying to see such a fine machine take shape from your own work.

Soar Valley Light · Post by **Soar Valley Light** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:26 pm

What a superb machine! Well done, looking forward to seeing her painted.

dewintondave · Post by **dewintondave** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:51 am

Very nice steel bodywork! I use 0.6mm steel, and it solders very well.

Best wishes,
Dave.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:40 pm

Very nice loco you have there , excuse my ignorance but what parts did you make? Obviously the body I can see is scratch built but weren't sure about the other bits, is it a roundhouse chassis , boiler and valve gear or your own ? Anyway very nice job and I look forward to see in it painted
Cheers
Joe

Keith S · Post by **Keith S** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:20 pm

If you look at some of his earlier pictures you can see the cylinders are definitely NOT Roundhouse- he appears to have made them from bar stock, they were square until recently!

What a nice-looking engine, it has very pleasing proportions.

Gremlin · Post by **Gremlin** » Sat Apr 04, 2015 9:19 pm

very nice, painting will make it shine.

erikr · Post by **erikr** » Wed May 13, 2015 1:30 pm

Hello Live steamers.
After a long time here is a little update about my loco.
I built a working removeable headlamp for my loco. Power comes from a small button cell. The interior is made of Teflon for both electrical and heat insulation. The on/off switch is simply a M3 bolt that I have to turn in for switching the light on. My intention is to build another lamp iron for the back of the loco, so that if she is running cab first I can mount the headlight on the back.

Greetings from the Netherlands

Erik

erikr · Post by **erikr** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 6:30 pm

Hello Steamers,

At last I did it: I took my loco apart and cleaned everything, I sanded the pieces that were to be painted and put a coat of paint (RAL blue 5013) on it. Now I have a sort of kit to be assembled. I will take photographs of the next stages!

Greetings from the Netherlands

Erik

Keith S · Post by **Keith S** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:33 pm

I've been looking forward to seeing this.

erikr · Post by **erikr** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 9:01 am

Hello live steamers,

My loco is almost finished. Last week I put all the painted parts together. Now it is a loco again.
She has made her first run. After a lot of fine tuning eveything works fine. Now I have to add name plates and works plates. I don't have a layout, but I can put some track on the lawn. Next time I will make a video of the loco running.

have

Greetings from the Netherlands,

Erik

robc_wa · Post by **robc_wa** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 2:21 pm

Eric, that is wonderful. I am looking forward to seeing the video.

Rob

erikr · Post by **erikr** » Sat Aug 22, 2015 6:52 am

Hello all,

Yesterday I put some track on the lawn for a test run. I shot a couple of video's . You can find them on my youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlcY7aOgNDk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eKwuE0vbgM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxzZGdK1-9c

Greetings from the Netherlands

Erik

invicta280 · Post by **invicta280** » Sat Aug 22, 2015 11:40 pm

excellent work, and clearly a great runner.

IrishPeter · Post by **IrishPeter** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:38 am

Very, very nice! Cracking Job.

Peter in AZ

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